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Matta

Matta is a feminine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Matta comes from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Danish Magdalene.

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Matta’s family of names

In German usage, Matta has a short form in Meta. In Greenlandic usage, Matta has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Magdalena. In Greenlandic usage, Matta was borrowed from the Danish form Magdalene.

Walk Matta’s family in the name graph

MattaΜάτταMetaMátaMagdalenaMagdalene

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Matta has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.

GreenlandicDanish

Danishwhere Matta comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Danish

Maasi

Maasi is a masculine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

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90% boys · 10% girls

Danish

Piita

Piita is a masculine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

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50% boys · 50% girls

Norwegian

Mathiesen

Mathiesen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

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Danish

Martensen

Martensen is a surname from Danish.

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Danish

Martinsen

Martinsen is a surname from Danish. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

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Swedish

Martenson

Martenson is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Swedish.

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian

Magnussen

Magnussen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Norwegian Bokmål, and Danish.

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Norwegian

Markussen

Markussen is a surname from Danish.

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